happy to see Season 2 rated that high - I’m re-watching the whole thing again at the moment and am currently in the middle of S2 - never understood why people were so down on it back in the day, maybe that’s changed since though.

I’d argue it has the most immediate characters of any other series bar S4. It’d almost certainly work better as a standalone as well in that you could jump in and just watch S2. Perhaps that’s why some people aren’t taken by it, because it feels detatched from the first series a bit in terms of setting and main premise.

Season 2 is slightly worse than 1 though I love Frank Sobotka and his story.
I’m a big fan of Slim Charles, Bodie and Marlo plus all the kids and Prez as a teacher so seasons 3 and 4 are the best for me Clive.